Everest flights take place daily and can be booked up until the night before

Flights are usually booked through travel agents and not directly from an airline

Your travel agent usually will arrange for a mini van to pick you up and take you to the airport.

If the weather is bad the flights are usually postponed until the next day or full refunds given.

Best views are usually achieved on the first flight. Meaning a 5am hotel pickup and 6am take off.

Seat numbers are not given out. Everyone does get a window seat.

Depending on the plane there can be up to 18 seats. 9 on each side.

Rear seats are generally best as your view is not blocked by the planes wings.

Use the cotton wool the cabin crew gives you to place in your ears due to the loud engine noise.

The flights last about 45-60 mins.

Helicopter flights are similar though best arranged well in advance with a travel agent. Many come in the form of expensive package tours over a couple of days. However 1 hour flights are available and the cost is for the entire helicopter with a limited number of people 3-4.

Airplane windows: the windows can be dirty at times and they will have reflections. Short lenses are best due to cramped conditions. A circular polarizer will help with reflections.

Camera speed: lighting is not the best inside the plane. Coupled with the plane's movement and with working through windows it can reduce the quality quite a bit. Shooting in a high ISO can help a lot. After that it's post processing to clear up as much as possible.

Weather: although you probably won't take off in high cloud cover it's not unusual to take off with low cloud over. The plane does go above these clouds so don't worry too much about that. A bigger concern will be if it's hazy. Do check out my Kathmandu weather page to see the best times of year to go.

You won't be taking any award winning photographs on any Everest flight on a plane. For pro photographers with cash to spare helicopters are the way to go. Then again, you could always simply trek to Everest base camp!

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